The Internship.
What's new that I've learned this week at work? Friday's are s l o w. And, going home 11 minutes early is considered "taking an early day". LOL. But, I did get a novel to cover. So instead of the typical script coverage, it's an entirely different mindset going into it.
Can an adaptation be made from the novel?
Can it be a movie?
A TV series?
My boss told me it's not so much about the way that it's written/the writer, but more of the plot and what happens. The other thing about novels is that it takes double, maybe triple as long as scripts, to cover. For one, they're obviously a lot longer. But the other part is that this novel is based on a true story.. about something I don't know much about.. using a lot of language I don't understand (hint: it's about boxing/martial arts/UFC) so I'm constantly looking up words and moves so that I can know exactly what the writer is talking about and know what happened. So it's time consuming. But it's not a bad thing, I've got 20 pages left to read and I'd say I've learned a lot about the subject, and history too.
A new guy started working for Mad Chance Productions this past week. We got to meet him: Ben. He says that if any of the interns have ever read a comic book, that he automatically will like you better than any of the other interns. Luckily, I've been to three comic stores in the past month (S/O TO RYAN, thanks bud) so i guess that means I've got the one up with the new guy. :)
Remember how I didn't get to meet Steven Spielberg's assistant last week? Well, this week I did get to go to our intern seminar and I met Jamie Conejo - he works for STX Entertainment. A NEW studio in Hollywood, that's not doing too bad. They haven't been around for long and the most interesting thing I learned from Jamie, was about the animation pipeline. He worked in an outreach department at one point, and learned all the different people needed to make an animation happen: map-painters, animators, sketch artists, etc. I had always wondered about the exact process for animated movies, how it's done, how long it takes, and now I know - Thanks Jamie!
Sadly, I didn't go into work today because I've been sick the past few days. Sore throats. Migraines. Stomach aches. But now I have strawberry lozenges and ice cream and I feel better. :) I still read all day long, that novel, but reading at work is still different than reading in bed. My next day at work can't come faster.
